Rochester police log - 8/16/08 to 8/22/08

Thursday

Jul 31, 2008 at 3:15 AM

ROCHESTER — The following items, based on entries in the Rochester Police Log, were selected from 1,164 calls for service from July 16 to 22:

Wednesday, July 16

12:50 a.m. — After a traffic stop on Farmington Road, Nicholas Inskeep, 20, of 20 Varney St., Lebanon, Maine is charged with disobeying a police officer; a juvenile is taken into protective custody for intoxication.

11:08 p.m. — Dawn Marie Banks, 42, of 140 South Main St., B, is charged with two counts of criminal threatening.

Monday, July 21

12:28 a.m. — A 17-year-old is charged with shoplifting at Walgreen's.

3:15 a.m. — On Columbus Avenue, William Shapiro, 20, of 1 Furbush St., A, is charged with suspended registration and driving after suspension.

8:18 a.m. — A Pomeranian wanders into a home on McNeil Drive.

9:07 a.m. — On South Main Street, Jeffrey Colby, 27, of River Road, Farmington is charged with disobeying an officer, driving after suspension and suspended registration; Jennifer Bramlett, 25, of 17 Glenwood Ave., 14, is arrested on a bench warrant.

10:41 a.m. — A vehicle taken from Bob's Towing is found at the back of St. Elizabeth Seton School.

2:59 p.m. — On Winter Street someone reports yelling and a single gunshot. What they actually heard was yelling, and tree service guys dropping a tree on a truck. Oops.

8:40 p.m. — A dog-walker finds credit cards in bushes near the Knights of Columbus.

11:20 p.m.— On North Main, a window has been smashed in a Dodge Caravan.

Tuesday, July 22

3:21 a.m. — At the station, a woman reports being harassed by phone in the early hours, for about a month. The two female perpetrators are using racial slurs.

7:15 a.m. — Police check on two people on the railroad tracks near Columbus Avenue. One goes down.

8:38 a.m. — At the station, a man reports the theft of two bikes from his yard.

8:49 a.m. — At Cumberland Farms on Knight Street, a customer finds a bag of pot in the parking lot.

9:15 a.m. — A tradesman reports the theft of tools on Western Avenue.

9:39 a.m. — On Portland Street a house is burgled and a laptop stolen.

9:47 a.m. — After a fight in front of City Hall, a victim remains tightlipped.

9:58 a.m. — On Signal Street, a man with a long gun gets into camou gear. When approached he gives verbal abuse and says he is there on "national security." No one feels safer.

10:10 a.m. — Tools have been stolen from a remodeling job on Pickering Road.

11:07 a.m. — A lady moves a scooter from the middle of Maple Street only to discover it has been put back in the road.

1:09 p.m. — Construction workers report a woman is taking photographs of them. They think it may be associated with an old cemetery controversy.

1:43 p.m — A small bag of pot is found in a Wal-Mart aisle.

2:24 p.m. — A naked man dashes along the railroad tracks near Haven Hill Road. It is more than a witnessing police officer can bear, and Joseph Dixon, 50, of 11 Glen St., D, is charged with resisting arrest and indecent exposure or lewdness.

8:15 p.m. — No trespassing signs have been torn down at the boat launch off Four Rod Road.

8:16 p.m. — In the plus column, a backpack and pocketbook are found at the boat launch.

9:12 p.m. — On the Square, Joseph McManus, 23, of 37 Grove St., B, Farmington is arrested on a bench warrant for prohibited acts; a 17-year-old is charged with drug possession and drug possession in a motor vehicle.